Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Detection of Hip Effusion and Septic Arthritis in Adult Patients With Hip Pain and Negative Initial Imaging.

Background: Acute or recurrent hip pain in adults can be a challenging presentation in the emergency department. While ultrasound is routinely used in the evaluation of pediatric patients with hip pain and a new limp, it is not commonly used for this purpose in adult emergency medicine. This case series demonstrates the clinical utility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in adult patients with acute or recurrent hip pain because performance of POCUS was the critical action that led to the identification of pathologic hip effusions in this series of adults.

Internet Websites for Chest Pain Symptoms Demonstrate Highly Variable Content and Quality.

Objective: Chest pain is a common symptom with causes that range from benign to serious. We assess the content and quality of websites about chest pain symptoms that describe its causes and when to seek care.

Methods: We used five search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask, AOL) using the term "chest pain" and assessed the first 30 websites that resulted from each search.